Kick-Ass, the action-adventure movie from Lionsgate and Matthew Vaughn, is a twisted high-octane adventure that redefines the super hero genre, based on the popular comic by Mark Millar and John Romita Jr. Kick-Ass, a.k.a. Dave Lizewski is an average teenager and avid comic-book fan, who decides to become a real-life superhero, Kick-Ass! With no actual super powers, his life is forever changed as he encounters the violent, real-crime world of common thugs, drug lords and underworld mobsters.